Registration for the February 6, 2010 Krispy Kreme Challenge is now open at http://krispykremechallenge.com/. Race organizers are expecting a field of 6000, an increase of 500 from 2009. The contest entails running 2 miles from the NC State University campus to a Krispy Kreme, consuming a dozen doughnuts at that location, and then running 2 miles to return.

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(from Man vs. Food forum) The Broward Palm Beach New Times has an article about the opening of Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain’s new restaurant, Rock N Roll Ribs, in Coral Springs, Florida. One of the items on the menu is called “The Appetite of the Beast”, which consists of 1.5 racks of ribs, a pound of pulled pork and beef, half a chicken, and side items of fries, beans, Cole slaw, corn on the cob, and Texas toast and is free to a diner who completes it without assistance.

The 22 inch “Big Unit” hot dog at Alice Cooperstown in the Phoenix area hot dog is the only other eating challenge offered by a restaurant owned by a rock star I am aware of.

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Stephanie Torres is one of the most recent additions (December 18) to the list of 72 ounce steak finishers at the Big Texan in Amarillo, Texas. At 105 pounds, she is one of the all time lightest successful challengers. Aty Vargas was an eyewitness to Ms. Torres’ meal and reports that she defeated her father, the owner of the restaurant, in a steak eating contest.

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Eight days after going on sale, tickets for Wing Bowl 18 remain available according to ComcastTix.com. This is the longest time tickets have remained available since tickets were required for Wing Bowl 14:

• Wing Bowl 17, 3 days to sell out
  
• Wing Bowl 16, 45 minutes to sell out
• Wing Bowl 15, 24 hours to sell out
• Wing Bowl 14, a little more than 24 hours

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Clay Cartland has set up a website documenting his Miami-area eating challenges at http://www.panclayke.blogspot.com/ The December 17 entry describes his setting the record for the Doomsday burger at Kingdom and confirms that the restaurant will appear on the February 3 live episode of Man vs. Food. The blog also has a link to donate to Feeding South Florida.

The Broward-Palm Beach New Times has an article about a five pound “Beast” burger challenge attempt at the restaurant owned by former Miami Dolphin Kim Bokamper in Plantation, Florida.

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Andrew “A Bomb” Lane has posted blog entries and galleries about his attempts at a 24 inch sandwich, the B^3 Burrito at the NASCAR Cafe and the Undertaker Challenge burger (5.5) at LBS during a recent trip to Las Vegas.

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After watching the Hartford episode of Man vs. Food, kk has made the following request for Boston area female competitive eaters:

i went to an all-women’s college, and i’m ready to shake up some gender norms. i want to create the greatest female competitive eating team this world has ever seen. so far, i’ve recruited my sister, and my friend claudia. my sister can eat like a beast – it’s genetic. i mean that as a compliment. while my sister and i are both fairly small women, claudia is going to be our secret weapon. she is my height, and roughly a size 000. yes, three zeros. i just made up a size for her. don’t be fooled; homegirl can EAT. especially cheeseburgers.

if you want in on this, let me know. additionally, if you know of any eating challenges in the boston area, tell me.

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